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Poor camel

Legend has it that a long time ago, the desert boat - the camel had a pair of very beautiful horns, and the camel was very proud of this.

By QaboosPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Poor camel

Legend has it that a long time ago, the desert boat - the camel had a pair of very beautiful horns, and for this, the camel was very proud and proud. At that time, deer did not have long horns on their heads, so the camel always took the opportunity to show off its beauty when it saw a deer without long horns, and also, mocking the ugly appearance of the deer, as soon as it met the deer, it said in a teasing tone: "You don't look like a beast at all, you are a real monster. Take care of the water in the pond yourself, I will not lie."

When the deer heard this, he said disapprovingly: "What is there will naturally be, and what is not there will not be possible if you want." One evening, the camel was admiring his reflection in front of a lake, and secretly rejoiced that he had a pair of beautiful horns. At this time, a deer ran out of the forest and came to the side of the small lake. Seeing a deer passing by, the camel began to mock the deer again and said, "Because no one can have horns as beautiful as mine, even the yak is jealous of me! Why do you still have the face to walk in front of me?"

When the deer heard the camel mocking him, it was not angry. It ran to the camel with its head down and begged the camel sadly: "Tonight, the lion invited me to be a guest. My head is bare, it is really ugly. I don't think it is suitable for me to go to the lion in this way. Brother Camel, you have a pair of beautiful horns. I really envy you. If you are willing to lend me your pair of beautiful horns for one night, then I will always be grateful to you. When you go to this lake to drink water tomorrow morning, I will return the beautiful horns to you. Brother Camel, would you like it?"

Seeing that the deer had been praising its horns and envious of its horns, the camel was very happy, because it had such horns, and it was very proud. Seeing the pitiful appearance of the deer, it agreed to lend it its horns. So he said to the deer, "I can lend you my beautiful horns, but I can only lend them to you for one night, and you must give them back to me tomorrow morning."

The deer said, "I will definitely give it back to you tomorrow morning, thank you! Thank you!"

The camel then took the pair of horns off its head and gave them to the deer. The deer put on the horns and took pictures in the lake. It felt that it was much more beautiful than before, so it bid farewell to the camel and left.

The next morning, the camel came to the lake very early and waited for a long time, but he didn't even see the shadow of the deer. It felt very anxious. Wait, wait, wait, when the sun rose above his head, the deer still didn't come. The camel has been scolding the deer in his heart, hating the deer for not keeping its promises and taking its horns for himself.

At this time, the camel felt a little thirsty, so he drank water by the lake. After drinking enough water, looking at his own reflection in the water, he was stunned, so shocked that he couldn't believe himself. After his beautiful horns were gone, his head was bare and ugly!

The camel was very sad, and he said silently in his heart: "Deer, hurry up and bring my horns, otherwise even I will hate my own shadow. Don't break your promise and deceive my beautiful horns away!"

But the deer did not come. The camel looked around anxiously, and the whole day passed, but the deer still did not appear, and the camel went back disappointed.

On the third morning, the camel came to the lake early again, waiting for the deer to return its horns.

It thought that something might have happened to the deer yesterday and did not return the horn to itself in time. When it saw its own shadow in the lake, it immediately raised its head in shame. But another day passed, and the deer still did not come to the lake to return the horn to the camel, and the camel went back disappointed.

The deer didn't go back to the lake and give the horn back to the camel, not that it didn't keep its word, nor that it wanted to possess it. Because after it came back from a visit to the lion's house, the deer came towards the lake early the next morning and suddenly found a group of wolves closely behind it. The deer quickly fled to the neighboring woods and got rid of the wolves. Later, the deer settled in the forest and never dared to go to the lake again, and the wolves who could not catch the deer drove the camels away.

The camel has lent the horn to the deer for many years, but the deer has never returned the horn to the camel. For this reason, the camel regrets that he should not have lent the beautiful pair of horns to the deer easily. Until now, when the camel drinks water and sees his own water. When the ugly reflection in the water is seen, it is very sad, but there is nothing to do. Immediately, he raised his head, and the well kept swinging from side to side - he was still hoping that the deer would give it back its beautiful horn.

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